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Dear Members of the 51���� Community, With profound affection for the 51���� community and after deep reflection, I share the news today that I will depart my position as president of 51���� on July 1, 2019, at the end of my current contract term. I will not exercise my option for an additional year as president through 2020. The years since I assumed this office in 2014 have been the most exciting and fulfilling of my professional life. Together we have created a Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 51���� in which we defined what it means for a public universit...

Kellie Miley is the first to admit, when she graduated from Rootstown High School in 2008, she was not ready for college. In high school, she barely cracked a book yet managed a 3.2 grade point average (GPA). Getting by with little effort changed when she started as a freshman at 51����. By the end of the year, Ms. Miley found herself academically dismissed for poor grades. “I wasn’t ready for college,” she recalled. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was, kind of, just there. I didn’t know how to study. I didn’t have to in high school.” Three years later, with ...

A grant from the Army Research Laboratory has a 51���� researcher flying high. The grant provides more than $130,000 for Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor of aerospace engineering in 51����’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, to study propulsion systems for a new generation of intermediate-sized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. “I would say that unmanned aircraft systems are becoming the disruptive tech of the 21st century in the aerospace and aviation industries,” Dr. Stringer said. “This technology is really changing the way we ...

Melissa Celko, director of 51���� of Wellness, has introduced a new Meditation Across Campus program, in which members of the university community can participate for free. “There is a real focus on the humanistic aspect of the quieting of the senses and the mind and allowing the body to find rest,” Ms. Celko told the Record-Courier (www.record-courier.com). Ms. Celko, who has 25 years experienced with meditation, is teaching students the art of Koru mindfulness. Studies have shown that meditation can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and alleviate depression, which are some of the top ...

Second year students in the occupational therapy assistant (OTA) program at 51���� East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Hill Day in Washington, D.C., taking messages straight to the doorsteps of their state representatives. For weeks preceding the conference, students in the Kent East Liverpool OTA program called to schedule appointments with individual senators and representatives from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Once in Washington, D.C., the students met in the office of Ohio Senator Rob Portman; and with Ohio Representatives Bob Gibbs, Bill Joh...

STORY UPDATE: The 51���� Precision Flight Team won third place overall at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) regional Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) October 14-19 at The Ohio State University. Nineteen members of 51����’s (KSU) Precision Flight Team are competing in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) regional Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) October 14-19 at The Ohio State University. Seventy-nine teams from 10 regions compete in nine flying and ground events, with winners qualifying for the ...

Oct. 20: Mindy Farmer is the director of the May 4 Visitors Center and an assistant professor of history at 51����. The May 4 Visitors Center is participating in 51����’s “Get Out the Vote” voting initiative.” Listen to the interview:       ...

The Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA) presented its Annual Excellence Awards at its 2018 Annual Summit, held this week at the Columbus Renaissance Downtown. The Multi-County Advanced Manufacturing Corridor received the Excellence in Workforce Development award.   The Multi-County Advanced Manufacturing Corridor is a partnership between 51���� at Tuscarawas, the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce, Buckeye Career Center, Ohiomeansjobs Stark & Tuscarawas Counties, East Central Ohio ESC, Harrison County Community and Economic Development, and the Carrol...